Presenting SciberBrain to Teachers

On the 30th October, eleven secondary science teachers and five schools outreach personnel attended a two hour presentation which showcased the latest incarnation of SciberBrain as a DIY kit for teachers.

Attendees were introduced to the resources and invited to voice their initial impressions of the tasks, content, format and any concerns about workability in a school setting. Our group were really keen to express ideas and to help us to make our resources as useful to teachers as possible. We are really grateful to all participants for their illuminating and encouraging thoughts.

Teachers were given hard copies of all the workshop activities in a beautifully compiled pack (courtesy of our friends at Portland Press) which they can now try out with their classes. We hope to gather their experiences to inform the future developments of SciberBrain materials and to highlight areas where teachers would like further support.

Thanks are due to all attendees, Chris Kirk, Sheila Alink-Brunsdon, Hannah Baker, Kathryn Reese, Angela Smith, Brian Boyington, Paul Newman and the staff at RIBA.

The gateway to all the sciberBrain resources will eventually be via http://www.sciberbrain.org/ where practitioners will be able to find everything they need to run a workshop. A temporary mock-up is displayed currently for illustrative purposes only. We shall be working on this and other topics over the coming months.